Designing and Implementing Civility Behavior Instructional Guidelines for Newly Nursing Students and its Effect on their Professional Values

Document Type : Scientific peer reviewed journal

Authors

1 M.Sc. Nursing Administration Science- Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University

2 Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University

3 Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing – Benha University

Abstract

Background: Civility is a fundamental value of nursing profession as the nurses should possess
moral qualities and traits of courtesy to enhance the professional values.
Aim of study: Was to assess
the effect of designing and implementing civility behavior instructional guidelines for newly nursing
students on their professional values.
Research design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized to
conduct this study.
Setting: The study was conducted at Al Agoza technical institute of nursing, Giza
Governorate.
Subjects: Consisted of two groups (70) newly nursing students, and (33) jury member of
academic professors and nursing teachers.
Tools of data collection: Three tools used for data
collection.
I: Nursing student’s civility behavior questionnaire. II: Opinionnaire sheet. III:
Professional values Scale. Results: Less than half of nursing students (48.5%) had moderate
perception level of civility behavior before designed instructional guidelines, meanwhile all of them
had high perception level of civility behavior after implementing instructional guidelines. Less half of
students (47.1%) had moderate perception level of professional values before implementing
instructional guidelines, while majority of them (92.8%) had high perception level of professional
value at post instruction guidelines.
Conclusion: The designing and implementing civility behavior
instruction guidelines were improved nursing student’s civility behaviors and professional values.
Recommendations: Disseminate developed instruction guidelines for deferent nursing educational
setting through workshops, awareness sessions. Pay attention to nursing curricula to enhance the
commitment of nursing students regarding civility behaviors within nursing educational environment


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